Working with others

Key stakeholder Groups

Process Safety Leadership Group (PSLG)

The Process Safety Leadership Group (PSLG) formed in September 2007 to provide an effective framework for interaction between industry, trade unions and the Competent Authority; a framework in which they could carry out a dialogue to jointly develop, progress and implement meaningful, effective recommendations and practices that improve safety in our industries.

PSLG membership consists of senior representatives of the relevant trade associations, the Competent Authority and trade unions. It built on the work of the Buncefield Standards Task Group (BSTG), set up in 2006 to translate the lessons learned from that incident into effective and practical guidance that the industry could implement quickly. PSLG expanded the membership to include the Chemical Industries Association and also took on the task of progressing the implementation of the Buncefield Major Incident Investigation Board (MIIB) recommendations. PSLG also saw a need to raise the profile of process safety leadership throughout the petrochemical and chemical industries in response to criticisms by both the Baker Panel (Texas City) and MIIB (Buncefield) that leadership in this area was lacking and a contributory factor to these events.

Chemical and Downstream Oil Industry Forum (CDOIF)

The Chemical and Downstream Oil Industries Forum (previously Chemical Industries Forum) was set up in 1997 with representation from the following industry sectors: chemical production, paints and coatings production, health product manufacture, compressed gas production, oil refining and associated industries, storage and road transport of chemicals.

CDOIF’s Terms of Reference are:

1. To consider and advise the Health and Safety Executive on:
   • the protection of people at work from hazards to health and safety arising from their occupation within the chemical industry,
   • the protection of the public from related hazards arising from such activities, and
   • other associated matters referred to the Forum by the Health and Safety Executive.
2. To encourage the joint participation of representative organisations in the protection of people from hazards to health and safety from work activities in the chemical industry.
3. To provide advice and guidance to industry in whatever form best fits the purpose and to develop a strategy for improving standards to health and safety in the industry.
4. Where appropriate, to act as a stimulus for the identification and meeting of the health and safety research needs of the industry.

Contact: Secretariat, Chemical and Downstream Industries Forum, HID CI4e, Health and Safety Executive, 5S2 Redgrave Court, Merton Road, Bootle, L20 7HS.

Industry case studies

Case studies are being developed to assist those companies who want greater assurance that the next big incident to occur won't be at one of their sites.

The studies will explain the process companies have gone through to develop a suite of performance indicators for their process safety management systems. 

The section is new, starting with a case study provided by Scottish Power. Additional material will be added to this page as it is developed.